I often have a behavior pattern that's quite the opposite of yours...
...I will call in sick for a mental health day, thinking I'm not actually physically sick, just a little out of it. Then it will turn out that I am so exhausted / run down that I spend the entire day in bed asleep anyway... at which point I generally decide I made the right choice; but I still feel a little guilty doing it.
I once had bronchitis, and the cough took forever to go away. I asked my doctor about whether or not I should go to work, and was assured that I wasn't contagious. I'm pretty sure that was true - the germs were gone, but my body hadn't finished dealing with the damage. Anyway, my co-workers were convinced I was very sick; I think they were wondering why I didn't go home...
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...I will call in sick for a mental health day, thinking I'm not actually physically sick, just a little out of it. Then it will turn out that I am so exhausted / run down that I spend the entire day in bed asleep anyway... at which point I generally decide I made the right choice; but I still feel a little guilty doing it.
I once had bronchitis, and the cough took forever to go away. I asked my doctor about whether or not I should go to work, and was assured that I wasn't contagious. I'm pretty sure that was true - the germs were gone, but my body hadn't finished dealing with the damage. Anyway, my co-workers were convinced I was very sick; I think they were wondering why I didn't go home...
Kiralee